Sr.No.128

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH

CRR(F) No.887 of 2019(O&M)

Date of decision:05.03.2020

Angrej Singh

... Petitioner(s)

versus

Baljeet Kaur

... Respondent (s)

Coram:

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Jasgurpreet Singh Puri

Present:

Mr. Sachit Kaushal, Advocate

for the petitioner.

Jasgurpreet Singh Puri, J.(Oral)

Present petition has been filed for challenging order dated

29.08.2019 passed by the Court of Principal Judge (Family Court),

Ludhiana whereby it was directed that the petitioner shall pay Rs. 5,000/-

per month as an interim maintenance to his wife who is respondent in the

present case.

Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that in the present

case, an amount of interim maintenance of Rs.5,000/- per month is very

high because the petitioner is not able to pay the said amount. He has

submitted that in para no.5 of the impugned judgment figure which is stated

as Rs.78,000/- per month is a typographical mistake. In fact this figure is

Rs.78,000/- per year. He has stated that total income of the petitioner is

Rs.6,500/- per month because he is working as a Lab Techician and

therefore, he cannot pay Rs.5,000/- to his w